Jericho

Lesson 1

As you look through each slide, discuss who might live there.

Answer these questions:

Which house looks the most comfortable?
Which house looks the safest?
Which house looks the least safe?
Which house looks most like a home?

As a class, create a mind map of all the words you relate to the word 'home'.

Home is a place where we feel safe, loved and secure. It's a place where we belong.

Israel had not had their own home for a very long time. God was now going to give them a home where they could belong and feel safe, loved and secure.

This Promised Land home - called Canaan - was to be in the middle of a main road between two big nations of the day: Egypt and Mesopotamia.

God wanted Israel to live in this special land so they could be a witness for Him. They would have a big chance to influence the whole world.

God wanted the Israelites to show His love and power to everyone who didn't believe in Him!

Lesson 2

Look at this poster of Israel.

Why was this area of land known to the people as the Promised Land?
Promised by whom? To whom? When?
Why would God give such a promise? Was God just giving them a nice sage home, or was His dream bigger than this?
Read Genesis 15:18 about God's promise to Abram (who became Abraham).

Teaching Point: God's people had a very special job to do in being in Canaan. This is captured in Treasure Verse A: Deuteronomy 7:6

The teacher will bring out a box. We will open it and find out what is inside.
Think about what message each object might have.

Lesson 3

Discuss these questions:

What is the scariest situation you have ever been in?
If you went underground as a spy, what kind of identity would you want?
What's the most daring thing you've ever tried?

Watch the story of Rahab:

Now look up the story in your Bibles in:

Joshua 2:1-24

As you take it in turns reading it aloud, your teacher will discuss parts of it along the way.

At the end, sing along to "Be Strong"!

Lesson 4

Act out the story of the Israelites crossing the Jordan River. The actors include:

Joshua

2 Officers

4 Priests

The rest of the class to be the children of Israel

Your teacher will now read Joshua 3:1-17 as you act out the story. This will be a mime so you will need to pretend to hold objects.

Now watch the story!

Discuss:

How would you feel as:

Joshua
A Priest
One of the Israelites

Lesson 5

Watch the story of the march around Jericho and its final destination (or the lower, shorter video).

Watch from 16:40

Write down two or three questions about the story of the fall of Jericho. Teacher will then conduct an adapted game of musical statues where students walk around the room and when the music stops a students ask one question to the nearest person.

Draw your own picture of the scene when the walls came crumbling down. Include the soldiers, people, Rahab at the window, Joshua, priests, and Israelites. Add Speech Bubbles and share with the class.

Read through and add the following Treasure Verse to your Treasure Verse ring:

See alternative below (after lesson 10) if not all of the messages are explored due to NAPLAN/Caine's Arcade/WOSE

Lesson 6

Wednesday Week 9.mov

This is just an example of how you might draw your memorial.

Lesson 7

Watch the 3 videos and the song:

Thursday Week 9 Bi 1 - Large 540p.mov

Thursday week 9 bi2 SD - SD 480p.mov

Lifesaver was unfortunately unavailable so please sing along and enjoy the following SOS song:

Lesson 8

So far we have learnt about the messages of different objects surrounding the Israelite's entry into the Promised Land.

The message of the altar stone is: God wants me to remember His kind acts

The message of the red cord is: God wants to give me a lifeline

Today we are going to examine the message of the rubble...

The message of the rubble is: God wants to fix all my challenges

Here is a song about the fall of Jericho that you may like to sing and dance along to:

Lesson 9

Watch this video:

We have been looking at the messages that the Israelites learnt as they entered their new home in the Promised Land. Can you work out what the message of the home might be:

God wants me to remember His kind acts.

God wants to fix all my challenges.

God wants to give me a lifeline.

God wants to help me feel loved and secure.

Now you can choose to do one or all of the following activities to remember the messages:

Write the messages out in your neatest handwriting, remembering your exit hooks. Illustrate them.
Build your own wall with play dough or blocks, and see how tall you can make it. Say the message of the rubble before knocking your wall down! Sing "Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho" again: Song
Create your own memorial to remember an important event in your life. You can make it out of stones, blocks, craft materials or draw it. Write down what you want to remember and why. Say the message of the stones.
Imagine living in a wall like Rahab did! Draw or build an amazing house that you would love to live in - let your imagination go wild! When you have completed it, say out loud the messages of the red cord and the home. Take a picture of your house and send it to us.

Lesson 10

Finish your activity,

Revise what each message is again:

Enjoy singing some of the songs we have been singing this unit:

Now you can choose to do one or all of the following activities to remember the messages:

Write the messages out in your neatest handwriting, remembering your exit hooks. Illustrate them.
Build your own wall with play dough or blocks, and see how tall you can make it. Say the message of the rubble before knocking your wall down! Sing "Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho" again: Song
Create your own memorial to remember an important event in your life. You can make it out of stones, blocks, craft materials or draw it. Write down what you want to remember and why. Say the message of the stones.
Imagine living in a wall like Rahab did! Draw or build an amazing house that you would love to live in - let your imagination go wild! When you have completed it, say out loud the messages of the red cord and the home. Take a picture of your house and send it to us.

God wants me to remember His kind acts.

God wants to fix all my challenges.

God wants to give me a lifeline.

God wants to help me feel loved and secure.

Add this verse to your ring.

Alternative if not all the messages were explored:

Here are some symbols and messages to help us remember the stories of Rahab, the Jordan Crossing and The Battle of Jericho.

Remembering the promised land and Rahab's home of safety.

God wants me to remember His kind acts.

Remembering the altar of stones built after the Israelites crossed the Jordan River.

God wants to fix all my challenges.

Remembering that the Israelites kept their promise to Rahab if she faithfully showed the red cord.

God wants to give me a lifeline.

Remembering the Battle of Jericho and that God wants to do our battles for us.

God wants to help me feel loved and secure.

Add this verse to your ring.

Choose ONE activity to help you remember these messages:

Write the messages out in your neatest handwriting, remembering your exit hooks. Illustrate them. Take a picture and upload to Seesaw.
Build your own wall with blocks, and see how tall you can make it. Take a photo and upload to Seesaw. Say the message of the rubble before knocking your wall down! Sing "Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho" again: Song
Create your own memorial to remember an important event in your life. You can make it out of blocks, craft materials or draw it. Write down what you want to remember and why. Say the message of the stones. Take a photo and upload to Seesaw.
Imagine living in a wall like Rahab did! Draw or build an amazing house that you would love to live in - let your imagination go wild! When you have completed it, say out loud the messages of the red cord and the home. Take a picture of your house and upload it to Seesaw.

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